Faiza Shaikh Combines Belief Systems on Canvas to Explore Tolerance

Faceless monks and whirling dervishes adorned the walls of VM Art Gallery at the launch of artist Faiza Shaikh’s exhibition, Tolerance, on Monday [May 13th, 2013]. “I began working on this collection in 2012,” said Faiza, adding that she had used verses from the Quran in some of her previous collections as well but in this one, she had expanded the theme to include Buddhism and Sufism. “The central idea here is that of peace,” she added.